Butterfly

Monday, February 3rd, 2014

Butterfly, watercolor by Amy Crook

Pink! Bright colors! Happy little hearts! What is the world coming to?

I was working on something on the other side of this that was just not going well, and when I flipped the paper over there was this Rorschach-like butterfly just waiting for me in the white space. I decided to let go of perfectionism and use a peacock feather and bold, painterly lines to flesh out the whimsical butterfly.

Bright, bold, and flying free. Isn’t that a lovely thing to aspire to?

Butterfly, 7″x5″ watercolor on watercolor paper.

Butterfly, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see some of the whimsical details, from the textured background to the bold spirals and delightful little heart. Below, you can see the butterfly flying in a frame, as though you’re looking through a window out onto a field of brilliant flowers.

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